Formerly it was confined to the rabble, now it has taken hold of those of education, and standing.

Red shirts have entered the pulpits, and it is a matter boasted of rather than condemned--the South is not the only scene of such outrages.
Prejudice is not confined to one section, but is no doubt more intense in the Southern State, and more far-reaching in its effects, because it is there that the Negroes, by reason of the large numbers in proportion to the other inhabitants, come into political competition with the whites who revolt at the idea of Negro officers, whether they are elected by a majority of citizens or not.

The whites seem bent on revolution to prevent the force and effect of Negro majorities.
Whether public sentiment will continue to endorse these local revolutions is the question that can be answered only by time.

Just so long as the Negro's citizenship is written in the Constitution and he believes himself entitled to it, just so long will he seek to exercise it.

The white man's revolution will be needed every now and then to beat back the Negro's aspirations with the Winchester.